WORLDLII NEWS
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29 August 2005
2005/3
In this issue:
LAW VIA THE INTERNET CONFERENCE 2005 - REGISTER ONLINE
NEW AND UPDATED DATABASES
AustLII (2), NZLII (1), PacLII (3), WorldLII (2)
NEW CATALOG CONTENT
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
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LAW VIA THE INTERNET CONFERENCE 2005 - REGISTER ONLINE
The Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII), in conjunction
with the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), will
host the 7th 'Law via Internet' Conference on 17-19 November 2005
in Vila, Republic of Vanuatu. Previous Law via Internet Conferences
have been held in Sydney (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003), Montreal (2002)
and Paris (2004).
Law via the Internet 2005 will present both submitted and invited papers.
The Conference will be preceded by the annual meeting of the Free Access
to Law Movement on 17 November, and the conference proper will take
place on 18-19 November.
See <http://www.paclii.org/paclii/conference/2005/>
REGISTRATION FORM
You can now register for the Conference online at
<http://www.paclii.org/paclii/conference/2005/regoform2005.html>
CALL FOR PAPERS
This year we hope to have a particular focus on the following areas:
encouraging free access to law in developing countries; Europe's moves
toward coordinated free access to law; social impact of access to
legal information; legislation systems; search techniques for legal
information; and innovative research uses of online legal data. Papers
in these areas are particularly welcome. More information can be found
at <http://www.paclii.org/paclii/conference/2005/callforpapers.html>
SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES
There are a number of sponsorship packages available for those interested
in sponsoring the 2005 Conference. Please contact Cathy Quigley
or David Vaile
for more information.
ACCOMMODATION DETAILS
The Conference venue is the Emalus Campus at the University of the
South Pacific in beautiful Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu. Port Vila
is well known as a tourist destination and for its warm Melanesian
hospitality. It has a wide range of excellent resort-style accommodation
as well as budget accommodation. We have secured special conference
rates from a number of hotels. More information is available at:
<http://www.paclii.org/paclii/conference/2005/#accommodation>
Proceeds from the Conference will support the provision of free access
to law via the net.
We hope you can join us in November.
Robynne Blake, Director, PacLII
Graham Greenleaf, Co-Director, AustLII and WorldLII
Programme Co-Chairs
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NEW AND UPDATED DATABASES
Now WorldLII has 501 databases from 55 countries including 21
international databases. The most recent additions are:
AUSTLII
"Australian Journal of Legal History" (AustLII)
Contains the full text of the Macquarie University Australian Journal of Legal
History from 2003.
See <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AJLH/>
"Macquarie Journal of International and Comparative Environmental
Law" (AustLII)
Contains the full text of the Macquarie Journal of International and
Comparative
Environmental Law since its inception in 2004.
See <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/MqJICEL/>
NZLII
"Copyright Tribunal of New Zealand Decisions" (NZLII)
This database contains selected decisions of the Copyright Tribunal
of New Zealand.
See <http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZCopyT/>
PACLII
"Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea"
This database contains decisions from the Papua New Guinea Supreme
Court from 1976.
See <http://www.paclii.org/pg/cases/PGSC/>
"Papua New Guinea Law Reports"
This database contains decisions from the Papua New Guinea Law
Reports from 1963 to 1996.
See <http://www.paclii.org/pg/cases/PNGLR/>
"Papua New Guinea District Court" (PacLII)
This database contains decisions from the Papua New Guinea District
Court from 1995 to 2001.
See <http://www.paclii.org/pg/cases/PGDC/>
WORLDLII
"Korean Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee Cases" (WorldLII)
This database contains selected cases of the Korean Personal
Information Dispute Mediation Committee from 2002 to 2004.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/kr/cases/KRPIDMC/>
"Privacy Laws and Business International Newsletter" (WorldLII)
This database contains full text of articles published on the Privacy
Laws and Business International Newsletter from 1998 to 1999.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/int/journals/PLBIN/>
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NEW CATALOG CONTENT
NEW LEGISLATION
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"Legislation - Isle of Man"
Full text of the Acts of Tynwald passed after 1 January 2001.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/52935.html>
"Fair Trading Legislation" (Barbados)
Provides links to the full text of several statutes relevant to fair
trading in PDF. Available on the website of the Barbados Fair Trading
Commission.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/50597.html>
OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS
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COURTS & CASE-LAW
"Youth Court Decisions" (New Zealand)
Contains summaries of selected cases, arranged by subject, statute
section or date from 1989 onwards. Available on the website of the
Youth Court of New Zealand.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2316.html>
FEATURED WEBSITE
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LEGISLATION
"Lebanese Laws" (Lebanon)
A joint project by Sader Publishers and the Lebanese Ministry of
Economy and Trade to publish English translations of the main
Lebanese laws online.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/50680.html>
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